Quad-core HTC Endeavor specs confirmed by leaked ROM, should arrive on 20+ carriers worldwide
HTC’s holding a press event on the eve of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. That’s certainly where the Taiwanese company will unveil its latest and greatest smartphones. For a few months now, we’ve been hearing bits and blobs about the HTC Edge, presumably set to become HTC’s first quad-core phone. It’s got a name change [...]
New HTC smartphone leaks running Android 4.0, may be the Incredible 3
Apparently the smartphones codenamed Edge and Ville won’t be the only new things that HTC will show us in Barcelona at the end of this month. A third new (and previously unseen) handset may be unveiled during MWC as well. And it has leaked for the first time today. From the styling, it’s pretty obvious [...]
Nvidia-powered quad-core smartphones to be showcased at MWC 2012. HTC Edge maybe?
Nvidia is getting ready for a press conference that will take place in Barcelona during MWC 2012, on February 27. While the company doesn’t say what exactly it’s going to unveil there, the invite to the event reads “Nvidia quad-core firsts continue at MWC.” As Cnet points out, we already have quad-core tablets, so the [...]
First HTC devices to get ICS? Sensation, Sensation XE and 4G at the end of March. Others to follow
HTC has finally come out and given more details about its update schedule for Android smartphones to Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system. Previously, all we had to go by was an admission by HTC that they’re working on updates, and a short list of devices to be updated. Thankfully, [...]
White HTC Sensation XE to be launched this month in the UK
A white version of the HTC Sensation XE (the world’s first Beats Audio smartphone, released in black back in October) will be available soon in the UK. Clove allows British customers to pre-order the white Sensation XE, asking £408 (about $646) for it. The handset should become available in the week starting February 20 – [...]
T-Mobile’s smartphones (including HTC Amaze 4G and Samsung Galaxy S II) will be free on February 11
T-Mobile USA has announced the Valentine’s Day Sale, which will let customers buy any 4G handset and other select devices for free (after major mail-in rebates, and with a qualifying 2-yr plan). The sale will take place this Saturday, February 11. Among the devices that will be offered for a $0 net down payment after [...]
HTC creates Studio group directly under CEO to drive new device strategy. Hints move away from Qualcomm
In addition to revealing all the troubles with crashing sales, slashed R&D costs and the new secrecy on shipment volumes, HTC’s Q4 earnings report had some bright spots in it. The biggest one – management seems to understand they screwed up, admits it and is already taking action. They also hinted about two very interesting [...]
HTC sales drop 52% in Jan. Plans 35% decline in Q1. R&D slashed by 60% in Q4, starts hiding unit volumes too
Things just keep getting worse for HTC. They were already pretty bad in the last quarter of 2011, when HTC had to issue a profit warning and then reported 30% revenue decline compared to Q3. Now this HTC sales slump is accelerating into 2012. January revenues just came in at 16.6B $NT ($560M), and they [...]
Canada: Samsung Galaxy Nexus hits Videotron on February 8, HTC Radar goes to SaskTel soon
As we heard before, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is going to be sold by Videotron in Canada too, alongside basically every other carrier. With Wind and Mobilicity starting sales these days, Videotron doesn’t want to be left far behind. So it will release the newest ‘pure Google’ phone on February 8, which is next Wednesday. [...]
Sprint’s HTC Evo Shift 4G and Samsung Replenish also get some update love
The updates, they just come pouring in these days. No to be outdone by Verizon or AT&T, Sprint also has a couple of updates up its sleeves – for the HTC Evo Shift 4G and the Samsung Replenish. Neither of these updates is anything big like, you know, Ice Cream Sandwich, but they’re still probably [...]
UK: HTC Flyer can be yours for £234.99
Sure, we may have seen the HTC Flyer go for as low as £199, but that was right before Christmas, when the famed holiday shopping season was at its peak. So understandably the stock of HTC Flyer units priced like that went away pretty fast. Oh, and that price never came back. Not to worry, though, [...]
White HTC Sensation with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on board coming to the Netherlands on March 1
HTC’s Dutch arm has just announced that a white version of the HTC Sensation will become available in the Netherlands on March 1. Furthermore, this white Sensation will come preloaded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system. This will probably make HTC the first of the big smartphone [...]
HTC Radar to bring more Windows Phone Mango to Canada (via Videotron)
Already available in the US via T-Mobile and Cincinnati Bell, the HTC Radar is about to cross the northern border to Canada, where Videotron is reportedly getting ready to release it. According to Le Presse (website in French), Videotron intends to launch the new Windows Phone Mango handset in “early spring”, which likely means in [...]
HTC Ville shows off some Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich love on video
Expected to be officially presented at MWC 2012 in about a month from now, the HTC Ville has appeared in a leaked video somewhere in France, allowing us to see that – as rumored – it does seem to be HTC’s thinnest smartphone to date. As the video testifies (watch it below), the Ville is [...]
Amazon starts AT&T winter sale, many free or very cheap smartphones on offer until February 14
Amazon has done it again, offering yet another great smartphone sale for a limited time. This time, it’s everything the retailer has on offer with AT&T contracts, and you can find most smartphones are just $0.01 (which seems to be Amazon’s odd version of free). This offer will be available until February 14 at 11:59 [...]
HTC Flyer, Nokia E6, BlackBerry Torch 9860, and iPhone 3GS to be discontinued by Orange UK soon
Earlier today we brought you news about a few T-Mobile devices that are bound to reach End-of-Life status soon in the US, and now it’s time for some similar news, this time coming from Orange UK. The operator is going to discontinue three devices before the end of this month, and a big name in [...]
Verizon HTC Rezound now costs only $79 at Amazon
Amazon has cut the price of Verizon’s HTC Rezound for the third time since its launch, and is now offering the smartphone for only $79.99 on contract. The deal is available only to new customers. If you’re an existing Verizon customer and want to upgrade to the Rezound, you’ll have to pay $159.99 for it. [...]
T-Mobile’s HTC Amaze 4G, Sensation 4G, LG DoublePlay, myTouch, and myTouch Q approaching End-of-Life
T-Mobile is getting ready to make way for some new smartphones coming in the future, it seems. That’s because thanks to the latest leaked info, the magenta carrier has placed a number of Android smartphones on the road to oblivion (also known as End-of-Life). The phones that are nearing EOL status are the HTC Amaze [...]
AT&T’s HTC Titan II hits the FCC with LTE in tow
Initially known as HTC Radiant, the HTC Titan II was announced by AT&T earlier this month at CES 2012 as the world’s first Windows Phone handset to feature a 16MP camera. While the second largest US mobile carrier didn’t say when exactly the Titan II would become available, we’ve heard that it could happen on [...]
Verizon HTC Rezound software update brings better audio quality, enhanced device stability
The HTC Rezound has just received what looks like its first software update since it arrived in stores in November. This is a minor revision, and after applying it, your Rezound will be on software version 2.01.605.11. This update brings with it better audio quality for calls, an updated signal strength meter, reduced force closes [...]